On Sept. 10, 2001, Alissa Torres was nearly eight months pregnant with her first child. Her husband, Eddie Torres, a Colombian immigrant who worked his way up from being a delivery boy, began a job as a currency broker for Cantor Fitzgerald at the World Trade Center.
Alissa became a widow the next day.
Seven years later, she has written a 210-page graphic memoir, or as she calls it, "an adult, literary comic book," about her marriage and first year as a widow and single mother. "American Widow" (Villard, $22) is illustrated by Sungyoon Choi.
Click here to read more about her book.
